A short story called "A Cold Winter Tale" by Joey Graham:
CHIT!!!
The end.
CHIT!!!
The end.
INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!
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you must crank it up!!! are you keeping your NYD chicks? I sold all of mine and the next batches! lol
ANYONE KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS SLW OR ENG ORPHS?
Cathy is in Location: Cleveland TN
did you ask on your states thread yet Cathy? link is below and more info you can try
PURCHASING EGGS
REQUEST HOW YOU WANT YOUR eggs SHIPPED PEOPLE!!!! post #1050
DO you have to be NPIP certified to ship hatching eggs? States/Agencies Info see post #33884
BYC Links for EGGS........
- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/4280#post_16161710
- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10720#post_16151948
- https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs
HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE/TRADE BYC https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs
Breeders/Hatcheries
Papas Poultry in CA Highly recommended http://papaspoultry.com post #32276 @Papa Brooder post #33904
Jerry's Seramas LLC CLICK HERE
Sally Sunshine Poultry click HERE @Sally Sunshine
TJChickens CLICK HERE
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Here is my lone phoenix egg. The dip isn't so bad on the other side, luckily the CAM seems to have filled in. @Sally Sunshine With this little bantam, do you think I should stop turning it a day early or not?
30 of 32 eggs still doing swell.
Good veins!
This bird is giving me the bird!
30 of 32 eggs still doing swell.
Good veins!
This bird is giving me the bird!
- INCU-BRIGHT™ COOL LIGHT EGG CANDLER - INCUBATOR WAREHOUSE EXCLUSIVE... $12.99
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What was the 3000 lumen job you said you like so well for Marans?
Aw man embrace this beautiful weather be gone in a few weeks I have been working out in it all day came in thirty minutes and my cloths wee froze .I love it we got at least six inch's nice powder son and talked at dark and wished we were skiing .the moon is almost full and so pretty .
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I drove 2 hours to pick up the BCM and the Welsummer eggs. The easter egger and mixed breed eggs are my own.
You're welcome to come up & admire all the snow you want. By this time tomorrow I'll be totally unimpressed by it.
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Get off my lawn
All quiet day 3 of my first hatch (we count the first day AFTER setting eggs as Day 1, right?). Unfortunately, my fancy schmancy incubator (R-Com) was having issues turning the medium to medium-large sized eggs (50-56 grams) from my girls with the "universal" tray, and turning wasn't happening properly (big window, so I can see the Xs and Os). Seriously?!
(For those of you with cooler-bators that work rock-solid, please refrain from making fun of me...
)
While I didn't want to have to mess with them, I knew I needed to get on that, so I ordered an insert chicken egg thingie to improve turning (no, it didn't come with the incubator - sigh). Arrived yesterday (God bless Stromberg's and their super fast shipping when I noted why I needed it fast). So early this AM I moved all eggs to the other incubator that was already at temp waiting for those shipped eggs (wasn't THAT lucky that's I'm that compulsive?!), inserted the insert and let come back to temp, then moved them back. After a little fiddling, it's turning properly now. (I put it in a good spot - draft free, rock solid 72F, and I walk by it all the time, and I obsessively check temp/humidity and look through that window each pass!) I washed my hands and was as gentle as I knew how, hated to handle them in that early period, but I figured early poor turning would be a bigger problem. Here's hoping they'll be ok. (I honestly don't even know what to expect fertility-wise, and the girls are still a bit young at 38 weeks, but when Dumbledore got hurt, I decided it was worth a try.)
Current plan is to candle and weigh on Day 7, including marking air cells (I've been practicing candling on fresh and fridge eggs to see the air cell through that blue green shell). I know some have said to weigh at day 5, but other places I've read that it's best not to mess with them until day 7. (Thoughts?) Ambient humidity near incubators is running between 38-50%, and humidity holding very solid at initial setting of 45% (default recommendation for this incubator) - yes, I know humidity is not a number, but I started at that recommended % (Gail Damerow and other sources) and will adjust as needed (will probably ask for input here...). Is a wax china marker ok/good for this (it's how I numbered the eggs)? I worry the pencil will be too light or rub off. Then candle/weigh day 14 and again 18 right before lockdown. (Though if air cell indicates need to adjust humidity upwards, would probably also weigh day 10).
(Open to any comments/suggestions on any of the above! It's my first time, so in the end I may just need to go with one thing and then learn from there, but open to input.)
Off to re-read Hatching 101 AGAIN (that's a lot of info to take in!)... And take more detailed notes on that shipped eggs section. I'm sure I may have questions or request reassurance when the shipped eggs arrive next week depending on how bad they look - incubator for those has a better set up for incubating with large end up, depending on condition of air cells when they arrive. They're coming from Arizona to here in South Texas, so at least they shouldn't have to deal with any of this snow craziness. Recent discussions have certainly helped me understand what NOT to do with shipped eggs...
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While I didn't want to have to mess with them, I knew I needed to get on that, so I ordered an insert chicken egg thingie to improve turning (no, it didn't come with the incubator - sigh). Arrived yesterday (God bless Stromberg's and their super fast shipping when I noted why I needed it fast). So early this AM I moved all eggs to the other incubator that was already at temp waiting for those shipped eggs (wasn't THAT lucky that's I'm that compulsive?!), inserted the insert and let come back to temp, then moved them back. After a little fiddling, it's turning properly now. (I put it in a good spot - draft free, rock solid 72F, and I walk by it all the time, and I obsessively check temp/humidity and look through that window each pass!) I washed my hands and was as gentle as I knew how, hated to handle them in that early period, but I figured early poor turning would be a bigger problem. Here's hoping they'll be ok. (I honestly don't even know what to expect fertility-wise, and the girls are still a bit young at 38 weeks, but when Dumbledore got hurt, I decided it was worth a try.)
Current plan is to candle and weigh on Day 7, including marking air cells (I've been practicing candling on fresh and fridge eggs to see the air cell through that blue green shell). I know some have said to weigh at day 5, but other places I've read that it's best not to mess with them until day 7. (Thoughts?) Ambient humidity near incubators is running between 38-50%, and humidity holding very solid at initial setting of 45% (default recommendation for this incubator) - yes, I know humidity is not a number, but I started at that recommended % (Gail Damerow and other sources) and will adjust as needed (will probably ask for input here...). Is a wax china marker ok/good for this (it's how I numbered the eggs)? I worry the pencil will be too light or rub off. Then candle/weigh day 14 and again 18 right before lockdown. (Though if air cell indicates need to adjust humidity upwards, would probably also weigh day 10).
(Open to any comments/suggestions on any of the above! It's my first time, so in the end I may just need to go with one thing and then learn from there, but open to input.)
Off to re-read Hatching 101 AGAIN (that's a lot of info to take in!)... And take more detailed notes on that shipped eggs section. I'm sure I may have questions or request reassurance when the shipped eggs arrive next week depending on how bad they look - incubator for those has a better set up for incubating with large end up, depending on condition of air cells when they arrive. They're coming from Arizona to here in South Texas, so at least they shouldn't have to deal with any of this snow craziness. Recent discussions have certainly helped me understand what NOT to do with shipped eggs...
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